Issue #256 | 17 August 2016

As we near the first anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the news in this issue of Linkages Update is dominated by recommendations and examples for how actors can begin, and in many cases already have begun, implementing the SDGs. More.

"Breaking down the silos" has become again a vivid call, even a mantra, in debates on governance for sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in recognition of its comprehensive, holistic and systemic approach. More.

There is renewed interest post-Paris in using Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) as a vehicle to drive the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) or to convert the NAMAs into on-the-ground actions to combat climate change. More.

One year after answering “What” should happen in the next 15 years for the UN development system, by adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Member States are getting ready to negotiate “How” this will take place. More.

25 July 2016: Participants at a series of three meetings under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer discussed proposed amendments to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), concluding work on generating solutions to the stated challenges contained in the Dubai Pathway on HFCs, with an agreement on possible funding solutions. However, Parties were unable to conclude all of their work, and suspended the 38th Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG 38). More.

22 July 2016: The 2016 meeting of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a Ministerial Declaration, focusing on the meeting's theme of 'Ensuring that no one is left behind.' More.

Photo: Delegates huddle to discuss the adoption of the HLPF declaration